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The open access book provides an analysis of human actors and their capacity to explore and conceptualise their own agency by being curious, gathering knowledge, and shaping identities in their travel reflections on Asia. Thus, the actors open windows across time to present a profound overview of diverse descriptions and constructions of Asia. The authors demonstrate that international and transnational history contributes to and benefits from analyses of national and local contexts that in turn enrich our understanding of transcultural encounters and experiences across time. The book proposes an actor-centred contextual approach to travel writing to recount meaningful constructions of Asia’s physical, political and spiritual landscapes. It offers comparative reflections on the patterns of encounter across Eurasia, where from the late medieval period an idea of civilisation was transculturally shared yet also constantly questioned and reframed. Tailored for academic and public discussions alike, this volume will be invaluable for both scholars of Global History and interested audiences to stimulate further discussions on the nature of global encounters in Asia. Christian Mueller is Associate Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Matteo Salonia is Assistant Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

Asian history --- General & world history --- Archaeology --- Human geography --- Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography --- travel writing --- Asian networks --- Silk Roads --- Eurasian encounters --- intellectual history --- borders and identities --- curiosity in global history --- knowledge and Empire --- transnational culture --- transnational history --- imperial geographies --- imperial mobilities --- early globalisation --- ethnography and peripheries --- Asia—History. --- World history. --- Archaeology. --- Human geography. --- Cultural geography. --- Ethnology. --- Asian History. --- World History, Global and Transnational History. --- Social and Cultural Geography. --- Sociocultural Anthropology. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Universal history